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[Minitron1505]

@derivative666:

My money's on Mini

Jeez…what impression did i leave you with when you met me.......  :-\

[derivative666]

Great impressions brother love the trons

[natehate]

@urbanwoodsman:

@natehate:

i decided on this years halloween costume
lumber jack!!!
going really far off my usual attire hahahaha

I did that a few years ago. No one thought I dressed up…

i bought a hatchet/axe at the halloween store today to ensure they know hahaha
gonna get some suspenders too

[Megatron1505]

Jet lag has kicked my ass this morning 

[MikeC]

Wakey, wakey Gav….

[Megatron1505]

Ha ! Tell me about it man, I woke at 8, then 9, then 10…..then I thought I'd better move my ass.

[MikeC]

It's effing 7am over here. I prob shouldn't be awake myself.

[derivative666]

^was just thinking the same thing what the fuck are you doing up

[Megatron1505]

Have you slept yet Mike? 

[MikeC]

Yup, now that I'm older, I only need 5-6hrs of sleep. I wake up around 6-7am, so I can fuck with G before all the Americans get up.

[Megatron1505]

Ha ha, I bet G appreciates that 

[Giles]

He "loves" it…..

[DougNg]

@Megatron1505:

Jet lag has kicked my ass this morning 

Melatonin supplements are your friends

[Megatron1505]

Pretend I'm not a chemist, and tell me what they might be?

[hectic]

Melatonin is a pineal hormone that plays a central part in regulating bodily rhythms and has been used as a drug to re-align them with the outside world…

...Nine of the ten trials found that melatonin, taken close to the target bedtime at the destination (10pm to midnight), decreased jet-lag from flights crossing five or more time zones. Daily doses of melatonin between 0.5 and 5mg are similarly effective, except that people fall asleep faster and sleep better after 5mg than 0.5mg. Doses above 5mg appear to be no more effective. The relative ineffectiveness of 2mg slow-release melatonin suggests that a short-lived higher peak concentration of melatonin works better. Based on the review, the number needed to treat (NNT) is 2. The benefit is likely to be greater the more time zones are crossed, and less for westward flights. The timing of the melatonin dose is important: if it is taken at the wrong time, early in the day, it is liable to cause sleepiness and delay adaptation to local time. The incidence of other side effects is low. Case reports suggest that people with epilepsy, and patients taking warfarin may come to harm from melatonin.

Random fact: I took part in medical trials for melatonin usage in the 90's, I had to sit in front of giant light lamps and disrupt my sleep cycle; paid quite well.

[Seul]

These days only my job disrupts my sleep cycle - and it doesn't pay well.

[Giles]

@hectic:

paid quite well.

But look what it did to your body…..

[DougNg]

They're over the counter dietary supplements. You're able to get them in any grocery/health food store here, but you guys tend to be in a nanny state when it comes to over the counter drugs, so I'm not sure

[hectic]

@ Giles - no damn supper powers though.

@ Doug - yeah, pussy nation here, I'm pretty sure we cant buy them

[DougNg]

Public service announcement: all you folks in the Mid Atlantic on up, get ready for Hurricane Sandy. She's about to kick our asses

Gas generator with gas: check
Propane tank full: check
Water and shelf stable food: check
Cars gassed up: check